people are often talking about how students aren't learning enough in public schools, and as a high school student, i have seen the problems with the school system. i am a pretty smart student, and can ace all of the tests without even trying and know all of the material without studying. however, the grading systems don't seem to care about academics anymore and care only about meaningless busywork that bores the heck out of the best students. also, teachers give ridiculous amounts of "art projects" that apparently are supposed to cater to artistic people. unfortunately, these are treated as if being a good artist means you are good at AP history or honors chemistry. i don't know if anyone else had similar experiences, but i seem to be the only person who ever noticed this problem.

in general, the students who do well in school are the ones who do what theyre told with slavelike obedience without the vaguest clue as to what they are supposed to learn. i don't know when it happened, but apparently public schools are no longer about education, just about doing what you're told.